Thomas Banner has extensive experience representing clients before judges, juries and administrative tribunals throughout New Mexico.
Mr. Banner has represented the people of New Mexico as an Assistant District Attorney prosecuting criminal cases, advocating for the public's interests in utility and insurance rate-making proceedings, and as prosecutor for the New Mexico Medical Board in licensing and disciplinary cases.
Now in private practice, Mr. Banner offers counseling and advice to individuals and businesses concerning real estate, estate planning and probate, and administrative law. He also serves as counsel for New Mexico state agencies in matters relating to professional medical licensure and title insurance matters.
From 2020 until 2023, Mr. Banner operated a title insurance company providing real estate settlement services and title insurance products in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
Mr. Banner is admitted to practice in the following courts: New Mexico state courts (2006); New Mexico Federal District Court (2008); District of Columbia (2008); and U.S. Supreme Court (2010).
- University of Baltimore School of Law
- J.D (2006)
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- University of Missouri - Columbia
- B.A (1998)
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- Attorney
- The Banner Firm, LLC
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- General Counsel
- Paramount Title, LLC
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- Associate Attorney
- Hays & Friedman, PA
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- Chief Legal Counsel / Administrative Prosecutor
- New Mexico Medical Board
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- Staff Attorney
- New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
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- Attorney
- The Banner Firm, LLC
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- Associate Attorney
- Cassutt, Hays & Friedman, P.A.
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- Assistant District Attorney
- Office of the First Judicial District Attorney
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- Reading a Title Commitment, YouTube
- Discussion of Title Insurance Commitment and its utility in real estate transactions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2DPQQpV-jM
- Title Insurance Dissection: Real World Examples, NBI: Legal Descriptions, Title Insurance, and Surveys in New Mexico Real Estate Transactions
- National Business Institute
- Presented CLE on Real Estate Title Insurance
- District of Columbia Bar
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- New Mexico State Bar
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- American Land Title Assocaition # 1185666
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- Santa Fe County Teen Court
- Teen Court Judge
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- Activities: The Santa Fe County Teen Court Program offers teens who admit being responsible for a traffic or misdemeanor offense, alternative sentencing options including community service, counseling and crime prevention education.
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- American Bar Association
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- District of Columbia
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- New Mexico
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- U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- Credit Cards Accepted
- Estate Planning
- Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Easements, Residential Real Estate
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation
- Gov & Administrative Law
- Administrative Law
- English: Spoken, Written
- Website
- The Banner Firm, LLC